Rebecca Hix

Entered: 2007
Hometown: Eau Claire, WI
Alma Mater(s): University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (BA); University of Missouri-Columbia (MEd)
Advisor: Sam Cochran
Research Interests and Teams: Interests: gender issues; adolescent identity development and maladaptive coping; family systems

Teams: Suicide, Men & Masculinity
Current Employment/Assistanship: Center for Teaching; Department of Women's Studies
Personal Interests: Spending quality time with friends, reading, exercising, being outside, spoiling people I love
Message to Prospective Students: Pick a program that you feel will meet your needs and support your growth as a professional!  Attending a place that is high in prestige and/or the who's who of Counseling Psychology is great, but if it doesn't match with what you need then you won't meet your true potential.

Tina Hoffman

Entered: Fall 2007

Hometown: Crawford, Nebraska
Alma Mater(s): BA - Chadron State College; MA - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Advisor: Saba Rasheed Ali
Research Interests and Teams: I am primarily interested in career development with diverse/understudied populations, including the influences of social class and gender on the career development processes across the lifespan. I am currently on a research team studying career development processes and outcomes with rural high school students.
Current Employment/Assistanship: Teaching Assistant - Opportunities for Diversity in Education
Personal Interests: Connecting with friends and family, appreciating the beauty of nature, watching movies, and enjoying a variety of sports and activities.

Message to Prospective Students: Journey toward your future with joy and anticipation while celebrating and honoring the history which has shaped you into a such a wonderful person.

Jerrod Koon

Entered:  2007  

Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Alma Mater(s): Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV; Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

Advisor: William Liu
Research Interests and Teams: Critical incidents in masculinity, intersection of masculinity and social class, and technology and psychology
Current Employment/Assistanship: Research Assistant for Dr. Liu
Personal Interests: Play racqetball, video gaming, building computers, and finding time to read for fun

Sharon Lee

Entered: 2007

Hometown: Naperville, IL
Alma Mater(s): University of Illinois - Urbana- Champaign, University of Missouri - Columbia

Advisor: Saba Rasheed Ali
Research Interests and Teams: Interests: Asian American women, International students, SES mental health issues,  and under-represented groups issues in vocational psychology
Teams: UCS mental health issues research team and  

Career Research Team
Current Employment/Assistanship: Dean's Graduate Fellowship
Personal Interests: Listening to music, crafting, photography, walking/jogging,  and traveling

Christine Skow

Entered: 2007

Hometown: Toledo, IA
Alma Mater(s): BA(Psych)-Oklahoma State University; MA(Clinical)-Ball State University

Advisor: Sam Cochran
Research Interests and Teams: Interests: Lifespan conformity (or non-conformity) to traditional masculine norms, Progression toward nontraditional masculine norms, male mentoring, time management strategies

Teams:Men and Masculinity, Elementary Suicide, University Counseling Center/College Population
Current Employment/Assistanship: CP Grad Assistant (working on this website!! :)
Personal Interests: Top Authors- Stephen Covey, Janet Evanovich, and J.K. Rowling; Bob Sanders and the Colts; Red Dirt Country (that's right:).

Message to Prospective Students: This program provides a wonderful, supportive and intellectual environment. It's a very unique community in that sense. If the program is a fit for you, I would definitely recommend checking it out!

Zach Sussman

Entered: 2007
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Alma Mater(s): University of Washington (B.S.), Seattle, WA
Advisor:  Elizabeth Altmaier
Research Interests: Complicated Grief, Continuing Bonds
Research Teams:  Loss and Grief, Bone Marrow Transplant and coping, Grief measures, Interpersonal Transgressions and Post Traumatic Growth, Anticipated Benefits
Current Employment/Assistanship: Research Assistant with Dr. Altmaier
Personal Interests:  Golf, Movies, The Office, Arrested Development, Go, Football (College and Pro), College Hoops, Washington Huskies
Message to Prospective Students:  "Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk." - Dali Lama

Elham Bagheri

Entered: 2006 

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Alma Mater(s): BS Degree in Psychology with a minor in Women's Studies;  Berry College in Rome, Georgia

Advisor: Saba Rasheed Ali
Research Interests and Teams: How race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and sexual orientation relate to mental health and more specifically, how they relate to women's experiences of domestic violence

Current Practicum Site: University Counseling Services
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Message to Prospective Students: "Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold." - Bob Marley

Dominique Brooks

Entered:  2006

Hometown:
Alma Mater(s): BA degree in Psychology; Ohio State

Advisor: Altmaier
Research Interests and Teams: Factors affecting attitudes about therapy in minorities;

Possible interventions for children and adolescents with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Current Practicum Site: University Counseling Services
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Message to Prospective Students: “You can’t know about it if you don’t ask and you can’t change what you don’t know about” – basically curiosity leads to progress. Those who wait for things to happen allow others to control their environment and ultimately their lives. 

Jay Greenfeld

Entered: 2006 

Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Alma Mater(s): MA degree in Applied Psychology: New York University;

BA Honors degree in Psychology: University of Winnipeg

Advisor: John Westefeld
Research Interests and Teams:

Motivation in adolescents; Health psychology;Men & Masculinity;

Social Class

Current Employment/Assistanship: Research Assistant with the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Current Practicum Site: University Counseling Services
Personal Interests: exercise, skating, traveling and socializing with friends

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-My philosophy in life is also to always be one step ahead of the game and thus I often cite "I skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is." - Wayne Gretzky

-It is my feeling that when interacting with people, they have to know that you care before they care what you know.

Rebecca Riley

Entered: 2006 

Hometown: Ord, Nebraska
Alma Mater(s): BS degree in Education: University of Nebraska-Lincoln &

MSW degree: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Advisor: John Westefeld
Research Interests and Teams: Grief and death and dying issues;Aging; Spirituality in the therapeutic setting;

Coping skills of people with disabilities and their families;Gender issues

Current Employment/Assistanship: Teaching Assistant, College of Education

Current Practicum Site: University Counseling Services
Personal Interests: reading FICTION books, movie fan, fine arts, biking

Message to Prospective Students: "Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life." - Brian Andreas

Joleen Schoulte

Entered: 2006 

Hometown: Farmersburg, IA
Alma Mater(s): University of Iowa

Advisor: Betsy Altmaier
Research Interests and Teams:

Teams: Loss and Grief; Bone Marrow Transplant and coping; Grief measures; Interpersonal Transgressions and Post Traumatic Growth

Other Interests: Social Class, and Interpersonal Relationships
Current Employment/Assistanship: RA Researching Grief

Current Practicum Site: University Counseling Center
Personal Interests: Outdoors, Sporting Events, Family

Derek Turesky

Entered: 2006 

Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Alma Mater(s):BA degree in Psychology; Emory University;

MA degree in Clinical Psychology: University of Iowa

Advisor: Betsy Altmaier
Research Interests and Teams: Mind-body interventions (e.g., meditation, hypnosis, relaxation, imagery, etc.)  in working with chronic illness, pain management, and general stress reduction
Current Employment/Assistanship: Special Graduate Assistantship (SGA) - Research position at Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at UIHC

Current Practicum Site: University Counseling Services
Personal Interests: boating, gym, cooking, spirituality, football, golf, traveling, building and designing things

Message to Prospective Students: Follow your intuition.

Robyn Howarth

Entered: August 2005 
Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
Alma Mater(s): 
* Indiana University (1999) - BA in Psychology/Studio Art
* University of Denver (2002) - MA in Education
* Teachers College, Columbia University (2005) - Ed.M in Counseling Psychology and Learning dis/Abilities  
Advisor: Dr. Betsy Altmaier  
Research Interests and Teams: Adjustment to Grief and Loss; Anticipated Benefits Among Individuals with Cancer; Neuropsychology of Attention and Learning Disorders; psychological impact of LD/ADHD (specifically in children)  
Current Employment/Assistanship:  Educational Consultant in Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic; Clinical Assistant for the Iowa Tobacco Research Center (Quitline Iowa); current member of Leadership Training grant entitled "Preparing Leaders in Disability and Pediatric Psychology: Integrating Practice and Educational Policy"
Current Practicum Site: Pediatric Psychology (LD/ADHD and Adolescent Adjustment Clinics), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 
Personal Interests:  traveling, art, hiking, reading, spending quality time with friends and family

Jessica Lohnberg

Entered: 2005
Hometown: Agoura Hills, CA
Alma Mater(s): University of Arizona
Advisor: Betsy Altmaier
Research Interests and Teams: Health Psychology; On 2 research teams: 1) investigating whether cancer patients anticipate finding benefit from their cancer experience and 2) examining whether coping style predicts symptom interference longitudinally among bone marrow transplant patients
Current Employment/Assistanship: Special Graduate Assistantship
Current Practicum Site: VA (Medical psychology)
Personal Interests: Spending time with friends, cooking, traveling
Message to Prospective Students: If I can handle Iowa winters, anyone can!

Justin O'Rourke

Entered: 2005  

Hometown: McHenry, IL
Alma Mater(s): Taylor University, B.A. in Psychology; Wheaton College, M.A. in Clinical Psychology

Advisor: Elizabeth Altmaier, PhD
Research Interests and Teams: Neuropsychology, Functional Outcomes in Neurodegenerative Disease, Spirituality and Health, Posttraumatic Growth
Current Employment/Assistanship: UIHC Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology Graduate Assistant

Current Practicum Site: Neuropsychology-UIHC Department of Psychiatry
Personal Interests:  Bookworm ( C.S. Lewis, Patrick O'Brian, and the classics from Homer to Dickens), Folk Music, Tennis, Scuba Diving, Visiting Ireland, Good Tea or Coffee, and possibly Golf.

Jess Schultz

Entered: 2005

Hometown: Hawkeye, Iowa 
Alma Mater(s): Central College in Pella, Iowa

Advisor: Saba Ali
Research Interests and Teams: health psychology, spirituality, forgiveness (Betsy's teams)
Current Employment/Assistanship: Research Assistant (SGA)

Current Practicum Site: WRAC
Personal Interests: baking, sports, travel, trying to garden

Tamara Shafer

Entered: 2005
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Alma Mater(s): Coe College
Advisor: Dr. Liu
Research Interests and Teams: Vocational Psychology, Veterans Affairs
Current Employment/Assistanship: Iowa Wesleyan College Counseling Center
Current Practicum Site: VA
Personal Interests: Running, Video Games, Camping, Hiking, Traveling
Message to Prospective Students: Learn as much as you can while in graduate school. Not all of this learning necessarily needs to take place in the classroom, however.

Sam Shepard

Entered: 2005

Hometown: West Des Moines, IA 
Alma Mater(s): Boston College

Advisor: John Westefeld
Research Interests and Teams: Men and Masculinity, Gifted and Talented Students
Current Employment/Assistanship: Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development Current Practicum Site: Cedar Centre Private Practice, Cedar Rapids

Personal Interests: Sports, Movies, Comic Books, Video Games

Torrii Yamada

Entered: 2005

Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Alma Mater(s): Bates College in Lewiston, Maine

Advisor: Saba Ali
Research Interests and Teams: Current interests include workplace prejudice with Muslim women, and cognitive functioning and quality of life of cancer patients.
Current Employment/Assistanship: Research assistant in the Division of Cognitive Neuroscience under the supervision of Dr. Natalie Denburg

Current Practicum Site:   Neuropsychology in Psychiatry
Personal Interests: Reading

JoAnna Arguello

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Alissa Doobay

Entered: 2004
Hometown: Nevada, Iowa
Alma Mater(s): The University of Iowa: B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Social Work
Advisor: Saba Rasheed Ali
Research Interests and Teams: Interests: pediatric psychology, autism spectrum disorders, giftedness, twice-exceptionality;

Teams: Perspectives on Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, A Case Study of Profoundly Gifted Children With and Without Autism Specturm Disorders, Counseling Psychology Program Impairment Policies, Effects of Participation in an Early Entrance to College Program on Self-Esteem
Current Employment/Assistanship: College of Education Special Graduate Assistantship with the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
Current Practicum Site: Pediatric Psychology Clinic with Lynn Richman
Personal Interests: listening to music; going to the theater; trying new foods with friends; spending time with my husband

Alice Fridman

Entered: 2004
Hometown: Glenview, Illinois
Alma Mater(s): Carleton College
Advisor: William Liu
Research Interests and Teams: William Liu's research team on social class; also interested in research on multicultural issues in general
Current Practicum Site: Pediatric Psychology - Adolescent Adjustment Clinic
Personal Interests: board games, puzzles, travel, cats, food, photography

Stef Greenberg

Entered:August 2004

Hometown:Calabasas, CA

Alma Mater(s):

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

B.A. – Psychology and minor in Education Studies

University of Southern California (USC)

MMFT – Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy –

Advisor: Sam Cochran

Research Interests and Teams:

Interests: Multicultural and diversity issues, including a strong focus on men’s issues and women’s issues; health and wellness, particularly body image, eating disorders, and depression

Research teams: (1) Men and masculinity research team; (2) College student mental health research team

Dissertation topic: Body image dissatisfaction among Jewish American females

Current Employment/Assistantship: Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC)
Group Services Coordinator

Current Practicum Site:

Eating Disorders Program (inpatient and partial hospitalization program), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Supervisor: Wayne Bowers, Ph.D.

Personal Interests:

Connecting with others; being with my loved ones; going on walks; playing tennis; dancing; listening to music; travel

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I have enjoyed pursuing opportunities in this program that genuinely energize me and drive my passion.

Thomasin Hall

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Ekaterina Lamskova

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Benge Tallman

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Sarah Haag

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Jovan Hernandez

Entered: 2003
Hometown: El Paso, TX
Alma Mater(s): Minnesota State University, Mankato
Advisor: Will Liu
Research Interests and Teams: Social class and classism, practice effects in neuropsychological assessment, and measure development
Current Employment/Assistanship: Psychology Faculty at Augustana College
Current Practicum Site: UIHC Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology
Personal Interests: Traveling, running, kayaking, scuba diving, tennis, golf, and hiking

Jennifer Hill

Entered: 2003
Hometown: Worland, Wyoming
Alma Mater(s):  Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Advisor: John Westefeld
Research Interests and Teams: end-of-life issues including suicide, assisted suicide, greif and loss, coping strategies for families dealing with death and/or terminal illness, how therapists apply research to practice
Current Employment/Assistanship: Special Graduate Assistantship (Research Fellowship)
Current Practicum Site: (Unless 1st year) Abbe Center Community Mental Health
Personal Interests: Theater, literature, food and wine

Clare (Hey) Humphreys

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Jennifer Kauder

Name: Jennifer Kauder
Entered: 2003
Hometown:  Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Alma Mater(s):  Kenyon College (BA), University of Northern Iowa (MA)
Advisor: Sam Cochran
Research Interests and Teams: Coping Support For Siblings of Dying Children (Team with College of Nursing faculty); Research Interests: Twice-Exceptionality (gifted children who possess one or more disabilities), Disability Identity Development, AD/HD, autism spectrum disorder, & learning disabilities
Current Practicum Site: Neuropsychology, UIHC Child Psychiatry Clinic
Personal Interests:  Spending time with my friends and my husband, traveling, outdoor activities (bicycling, canoeing, hiking), writing, listening to good music, listening to NPR

Riddhi Sandil

Entered: 2003
Hometown: New Delhi, India

Alma Mater(s): Knox College, Galesburg,IL

Advisor: William Liu
Research Interests and Teams: International Student Concerns,
Suicide Research Teams, Multicultural Concerns

Current Employment/Internship:Texas Womans University Counseling Center (Internship), Denton, TX

Ren Stinson

Entered: 2003

Hometown: Oakland, CA
Alma Mater(s): Augustana College
Advisor: William Liu
Research Interests and Teams: Counseling people who are homeless, resistance to multicultural education
Current Employment/Assistanship: College of Education Diversity Committee Graduate Assistant, Augustana College Instructor
Current Practicum Site: VA Medical Center
Personal Interests: The outdoors, eating good food, psychology, Apple Computers
Message to Prospective Students: Come and join us.  It is hard, but it is worth it. 

Catherine Do Jackson

Entered:  2001

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Joyce Goins

Entered: 2001
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Alma Mater(s): B.S.: Psychology with Biology minor, Xavier University of LA
Advisor: William Liu
Research Interests: Children, stress and coping in young adolescents.
Current Employment/Assistanship: Handicare
Personal Interests: Shopping, traveling, going to the movies, and hanging out with friends.

Margarita Graeber

Entered: 2001

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James Haley

Entered: 2002
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Alma Mater(s): M.A.: Counseling, University of Nebraska at Omaha
B.A.: Psychology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Advisor: Sam Cochran
Research Interests: Deafness, ADHD, hypnosis, neuropsychology
Personal Interests: Running, racquetball, hockey, camping, guitar, bad 70s and 80s music, traveling, board games.

Nicole Hochhausen

Entered:2002

Hometown: WI
Alma Mater(s): University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advisor: Betsy Altmaier
Research Interests and Teams: Health Psychology.  Currently, I am working on my dissertation examining the role of locus of control and self-efficacy in predicting outcomes after receiving rehabilitation for chronic back pain.
Current Employment/Assistanship:  Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Statistical Methods
Current Practicum Site: VA Hospital with Dr. Doris Stormoen
Personal Interests:  Boating, sand volleyball, baking for others
Message to Prospective Students: As an advanced student in the program, I have been extremely impressed at how well this program has prepared me for a future as a health psychologist.  The array of practicum sites offers a number of excellent opportunities with very skilled supervisors. 

Joshua Hopps

Entered: 1999
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Alma Mater(s): M.Ed. Counseling, University of Oklahoma
B.A. Psychology, University of Oklahoma
Advisor: Betsy Altmaier
Research Interests: Health psychology, process and outcome research, and multicultural issues in counseling. Currently working on a paper that applies Janet Helms' model of identity development for people of color to the IDM of supervision. Also worked on paper with Dr. Clay that will hopefully refine the way adherence problems are addressed in health settings.
Current Employment/Assistanship: Iowa Fellowship
Personal Interests: Novels, spending time with friends and family.

Leslie Leathers

Entered: 2002
Hometown: Durham, NC
Alma Mater(s): BS from Xavier University of Louisiana
Advisor: William M. Liu, Ph.D.
Research Interests and Teams: multicultural issues
Current Employment/Assistanship: GA at WRAC
Current Practicum Site: Iowa City VA
Personal Interests: Violin, reading fiction, movies, spending time with
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Amina Mahmood

Entered: 2002
Hometown: Originally Islamabad, Pakistan. Currently Clifton Park, NY.
Alma Mater(s): B.A. Psychology with honors, minor in English, University at Albany (SUNY).
Advisor: William Liu
Research Interests: Multicultural Issues, Feminism, Religion and Spirituality, Assimilation and acculturation of immigrants and minorities into the majority culture, global/international psychology.
Current Employment/Assistanship: Intern at Louis De La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
Personal Interests: Reading, Watching "art" movies, TRAVELING, spirituality/religion, keeping myself updated on pakistani music and drama serials.

Julia Robinson

Entered: 2000

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